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During reassembly, it is helpful to use several small strips of tape to hold the EMI shielding along the left and right edges of the display footprint out of the way before lowering the display into the rear case of your iMac.

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These connectors are seated very tightly in their sockets. It is helpful to use your fingernails or the tip of a spudger to push the ears on either side of the connectors to dislodge them from their sockets. A small pair of hemostats helps a lot.

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Apple's "engineers" didn't learn much about deflection and material stiffness when they went to "college", so this optical drive is particularly difficult to remove because the bracket flexes too much. The next few steps require some patience and a good amount of force.

Insert the flat end of a spudger into the gap between the optical drive and its bracket until it contacts the chassis.

Grab the spudger as close to the surface of the optical drive as you can, then depress the release tab with your thumb while pulling toward yourself.

The wedge shape of the spudger may cause it to slip out of the gap toward yourself. Be sure to press the spudger in toward the rear case while squeezing the release tab.

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I cannot get the top latches to release.Tried all the suggestions here and on YouTube. Especially a good video from Twistedmac. Made his suggested access card all different ways but nothing is working.

Any further tips or help will be greatly appreciated.

Also on the latch picture where does the credit card actually have to make contact? Please help I'm going bonkers.

OMG!!! The rating for this repair as "moderate" is waaaaaayyyy off! I've been repairing various laptops for YEARS on iFixit and this was my first attempt at a desktop repair. It was so much more fidgety and difficult than the hardest laptop I've done (probably about 12 - 15 other repairs by now).

And sorry... tho' I love this site and am grateful for these tutorials, this one was wanting in detail and assumed that I not only knew terminology that I didn't know (I was able to figure it out of course, I DID finish the repair) but skipped important details that made it infinitely harder (and took me waaaayyy longer than it should have!). For example, when removing the optical drive, the guide skipped about three steps and I ended up accidentally breaking some delicate plastic bits. And gee thanks for waiting until I have everything apart to tell me I need a longer screwdriver! I found a tedious workaround, but... sheesh dude! All in all, I'd have to say...by far the WORST experience I've had on this site!

The credit card trick with the latches on the upper corners of the bezel works fine if you push the card in at 45 degrees, from the slot to the corners of the bezel. Works first time every time. The photo is deceptive.